See Also: outline 1, noun(dictionary)
outline(dictionary)
outline form(medicine)
outline 2, verb(dictionary)
dog 1, noun(dictionary)
don 1, noun(dictionary)
dot 1, noun(dictionary)
down 3, noun(dictionary)
down-and-out 2, noun(dictionary)
dub 2, noun(dictionary)

outline 1, noun (oh)



[U and C] the main ideas or facts about something, without the details
::a research proposal outline
outline of
::an outline of world history
broad/rough/general outline
::a broad outline of the committee's plans
in outline
::A debt reduction scheme was agreed in outline
(=people agreed on its main points)
::.
[U and C] a line around the edge of something which shows its shape
outline of
::The outlines of animals were cut into the rock.
::an outline map of Europe
in outline
::figures drawn in outline
[C] a plan for a piece of writing in which each new idea or fact is separately written down
::Always write an outline for your essays.